Helen Bartlett — Awards, Press, Publications and Speaking

Helen Bartlett on the stage for Canon at The Photography Show in 2024

Canon Ambassador, awards, and my family photography work published around the world

I’m Helen Bartlett, an award-winning newborn, baby and family photographer based in London, and the only family photographer among the 82 photographers selected across Europe, the Middle East and Africa for the Canon Ambassador programme, a role I’ve held since 2018.

Since founding Helen Bartlett Photography in 2003, my recent awards include:

First and Second Place, Berlin Photo Awards, Family Photography category, 2026
Best Black and White Family Photographer London, Top 100 Awards, 2026
Best Family Photographer 2025 UK, LuxLife Creative and Visual Arts Awards
Family Photographer of the Year 2026, London and South East England Prestige Awards

My work is widely published in the photographic press nationally and internationally, including a seven-page feature in Digital Camera Magazine (Issue 297, August 2025), an eight-page article in Profi Foto Magazine, Hungary (May 2018), and coverage in Photoworld China (June 2013).

Here, you can browse a selection of magazine spreads, guest blogs, event pictures and book extracts featuring my work.

To read what my clients say about working with me, visit my reviews page.

Helen Bartlett was involved with the launch of the Canon EOS R in 2018, Canon’s first full-frame mirrorless camera. Here Helen Bartlett’s images and equipment are displayed in a huge cabinet on Canon’s stand at Photokina, the world’s largest imaging show.

Pages from article on Helen Bartlett in Photoworld Magazine China, Volume 378, June 2013. It’s wonderful to see my work reach a global audience.

Helen Bartlett’s image and profile featured as the first photographer in an article on the Best Baby Photographers in London in Baby London Magazine, April 2017.

Multi-page article ‘Helen Bartlett: Finding your Style in Family Photography’ about photographing children regularly and documenting their childhood in Professional Imagemaker magazine, October-November 2017.

Article on Helen Bartlett’s use of the Canon EOS R and her Move to Mirrorless in Professional Photo Magazine, Issue 162, March 2019.

Double page spread from an article on Helen Bartlett in Profi Photo Video magazine, Hungary, May 2018

Canon ambassador Helen Bartlett explains How the EOS R makes for better family photography.

Inside pages from long feature article on Helen Bartlett in the Big Photo E Zine, the Magazine of the Photographers Academy. June 2018 Memories in Monochrome: On Location Family Photography with Helen Bartlett

Helen Bartlett featured in the book ‘How to Take Great Photographs’ edited by Clive Woodyear and published 26 November 2019.

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